Neck-yoke center.



Nn; 629,065. Patentedlufy a, |899. c. F. DEPLANTY a H. scHucKMANN.

v NECK'YDKE CENTER.

(Appumion med Jan. 1s, i899.,

'No Model.)

4*UNITED STATES PATENT OEEiCE.

CHARLES E. DEPLANTY AND riENnY'scnooKMANN, or ooErEYviLLE,

-.- KANSAS.y V

NECK-Yoke CENTER.

sPncrFIcA'rIoN forming-part of Letters-raten ne. 629,065, dated July is, 1899.

Application filed J ahuary' 19, 1399i Serial No. 702,695. (No model.)

To all wiz/m it may concern.-

Be it known 'that ne, CHARLES F. DE- PLANTY and HENRY SCHOCKMANN, citizens of the United States, residing at Godoy/ville, vin

the county otlMontgomery and State otfKansas, have invented a new and useful Neck-Y Yoke'Center, of which the following is a speci'l lication.

The invention relates to improvements in neck-yoke centers.

The object of the present invention is to ini-A4 prove the construction of neck-yoke centers and to increase theirstrength, durability, and

'eliiciency and to provide a simple and com? p parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated or loop. Fig. 5 is a similar View of the frontv Fig. 6 is a detail perspective in the accompanyingdrawingsj and pointed out in the claims hereto appended. In the drawings, Figure' 1. is a perspective View of a neck-yoke center constructed in Vac cordance with this 5invention and shownwapplied to a pole. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view-ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectionalview on line 3 3 of Fig. 2. i, Fig

4 isa detail perspective view of the rear ring ring or sleeve. View of the neck-yoke ring.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the gures of the drawings. l

1 designates a 4neck-yoke ringof a neckyoke center, which is provided with a front sleeve 2 and a rear loop 3, adapted to receive a pole 4: and spaced apart for the reception of a flange 5, formed on the lower portion of the pole-tip and disposed transversely thereof, as clearly illustrated in Figs. land 2 of theaccompanyingdrawings. -The neck-yoke ring 1, which is disposed ata slight inclination, as shown, is provided at its top and bottom with pivots or pintles 6, fitting in corresponding bearing-sockets of'a neck-yoke 7, which has a limitedA horizontal swinging movement on the said pivots.'

In order to` permit the neck-yoke '7 to haveV of the'sleeve and the loop.

The front sleeve, which lits-snuglyon the pole, is provided at its top with a stem 9, and it has an upper portion or head 10which is bifurcated at 1 1 to providea space o r recess for the neck-yoke ring. The uppery portion or vheadlOV is provided with a transverse 'groovefl2, forming semi eyes yor sockets and adapted to coperate with corresponding semi sockets or eyes 13, formed by a transverse groove at the upper portion of the reark loop 3. The rear loop is bifurcated similar tothe upper portion or head of the front sleeve, and the upper portions o f both partsare provided 'at opposite sides Vwith perforated ears 14 and 15, registering with each other and adaptedV to. receive bolts V13y or other-suitable fastening devices of clips 17' The clips 17 embrace Vthe sectional eyesor sockets of the sleeve and Vfront sleeve andis adapted, when thefneckyokel center is inverted by partially Vrotating it, topermit the liange to pass through it, wherebymthe neck-yoke center may bepintroduced on and removed 'from the pole'. The stem or neck 9, whichextends upward from the front sleeve, offsets the sectional eyesor socketsa suflicient distance from the pole to yprovidea space to receive the iiange 5 when the neck-yoke center is inverted. The inner faces ofthe upper portions of the sleeve and the loop are flat at the' bottom of the grooves in order toiit snugly together and afford a broad bearing at the joint or connection.

The invention has the following advantages: The neck-yoke center, which is simple Yand comparatively inexpensive in construction, is readily assembled and aords a firm connection with a pole, and in eventv of the breakage ofeither the front sleeve or the rear loop the part remaining intact' will support the pole and prevent the same from dropping.

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The neck-yoke ring, which is provided with pivots, permits a limited swinging movement of the neck-yoke, and its forward and backward rolling motion prevents the draft-animals from being chafed by the n eck-yoke connections. The front sleeve and rear loop, which are spaced apart to receive the flange of the pole, detachably interlock the neckyoke center with the same and enable it to be readily placed on and removed from a pole.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

l. A neck-yoke center comprising a front sleeve, a rear loop detachablysecured at the top to the top of the front sleeve and spaced from the bottom thereof to receive the flange of a pole, and a neck-yoke ring having a backward and forward swinging movement and detachably connected with the upper portions ot' the sleeve and the loop, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. A neck-yoke center comprising an upper pivoted neck-yoke ring having a backward and forward swinging movement1 'and the front sleeve and rear loop connected with each other and with the neck-yoke ring at the bottom thereof and spaced apart at their bottoms to receive the flange of a pole, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. A neck-yoke center comprising Va front sleeve having a bifurcated upper portion and provided at opposite sides thereof with semisockets7 a rear loop having a similar bifurcated upper portion provided with semisockets corresponding with those of the front sleeve, and a neck-yoke ring arranged in the said bifurcations and provided with a pivot arranged in the eyes formed by the sleeve of the loop, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. A neck-yoke center comprising a sleeve provided at its upper portion with a pair of semi eyes or sockets, a loop having corresponding semi eyes or sockets, clips located at opposite sides of the neck-yoke center and embracing the semi eyes or sockets, and a neck-yoke ring provided with laterally-extending pivots or tru unions arranged in the eyes or sockets, substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. A neck-yoke center comprising a sleeve provided with opposite semi-eyes and having perforated ears, a loop having corresponding semi-eyes and provided with perforated ears, a neck-yoke ring having a pivot arranged in saideyes, clips embracing the eyes, and fastening devices passing through the ends of the clips and the perforated ears, substantially as and for the purpose described.

G. A neck-yoke center comprising a neckyoke ring having a pivot at its bottom arranged horizontally, and the front sleeve and the rear loop providedv at their tops with a sectional socket receiving the pivot of the neck-yoke ring, said sleeve and loop being detachably secured together at the top,whereby the pivot is retained in the sectional in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES F. DEPLANTY. HENRY SCHOCKMANN.

lVitnesses:

DAN McPHERsoN, E. MATT. 

